Drug In American Society

Walter Bowart, who channeled the cultural chaos of the 1960s into print as the co-founder of one of the era's first underground newspapers, died Dec. 18 in Inchelium, Wash. He was 68.

The cause was colon cancer, his family said.

Bowart helped launch the biweekly East Village Other in Greenwich Village in 1965, a convulsive year when the Beatles, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War were rocking American society.

Bowart and a small band of colleagues used the paper to push the boundaries of convention with articles about sex, drugs, music and pressing social issues, presented in an experimental format that changed from issue to issue.

The paper reported on the exploits of many of the figures who became icons of the psychedelic era, including Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg.

May 2006

The first wild daisy of the bunch (I've been encouraging them to fill in the back gardens where they will...) unfurled in this morning's early light.Posted by PicasaThe line of beach roses (rosa rugosa) brought back from the remnants of Willa's garden are budding up nicely, too.Posted by PicasaEven the birds weren't making much noise this morning, just the occasional chk chk from flocking blackbirds. It's a bit like the hush that falls over an audience just before the curtain goes up. Posted by PicasaThis orange calendula prepares for its moment in the sun at the feet of the Coronation Gold yarrow.Here's the Jupiter's Beard (centranthus ruber for the Latinistas...), also preparing to come into bloom. Yep, things are looking pretty sweet out there.Posted by PicasaThis fancy marigold, and five of his seedpack mates joined the cast of the garden yesterday, as I prepare beds for the impending planting out of our great looking tomato plants.Posted by PicasaHeading back to tour by the gardens around the house, I found the blue columbine opening nicely...Posted by PicasaThere's an old azalea at one end of the front garden.

Are The Wheels Coming Off The Newsom Bus?

Update: National coverage of TourkGate: AP: San Francisco Mayor Admits Affair and S.F. Mayor Apologizes for Affair LA Times: San Francisco mayor admits affair Time: The Scandal of San Francisco Chicago Tribune: San Francisco abuzz over mayor's affair MS NBC: Mayor apologizes for affair with manager's wife

Update: Here's some more coverage from across the web: Pictures from UCSF's Raising Hope event from Wednesday night here. Wednesday night seems so long ago. The Binary Circumstance: Gavin Newsom's Campaign Manager Quits Over Alleged Affair The Left Coaster: Hit The Road, Mayor LA Observed: Mayor's affair gets messy Mother Jones: CBS Says: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Breaks "The Man Code" Bookworm Room: I guess this will kill the gay rumors I Fought the Law: Oh, Gavin...

Watch this space

It is good for Isro to dream big in this manner, considering other space agencies are gearing up to open up the ‘final frontier' to space tourism.

Almost anyone who'd care to be spaceborne will soon be able to sign up for these sub-orbital hops, provided he or she fulfils basic health requirements and, of course, can dole out huge amounts for the ticket to ride. Having said that, however, there is no denying either the need for a reality check for Isro at this point when its ambitions should conform to its capabilities. The idea of renting out space rides is no doubt an excellent money-spinner, as the Russians prove, allowing civilian space travellers (who pay $ 20,000 apiece) to ride their Soyuz spaceships. But it is a surprising U-turn for Isro to think along these lines, given that it always denied having a manned profile at all in its space effort.

Filed under: NFL

Once upon such a time my high school football team experienced such a meld of hope and dream. The Terriers returned many starters from a team that had done well. We were recognized early on as the team to beat, and the first several games only encouraged such aspirations. That we lost our starting QB to injury seemed barely to slow us down, although we did lose a game. Still the dream was there. Our second QB was as good as the first, but another player was the heart and soul of that team. Pat Landry was a tight-end and linebacker who also played on the kick off team. He was a ferocious tackler whose bone rattling hits on opponents fired up the defense and the crowd. He was a monster with an irrepressible spirit and an infectious will to win. At mid-season we sat atop the district standings at 4-1, tied with the surprising Eau Gallie Commodores, whom we were to visit next.

TheStar.com | GTA | Slain teen's mother weeps at murder trial

Hung was among the first officers on scene fighting to save the life of 4-year-old Scarlett Chen, who was found drowned in a bathtub in her family's northeast Toronto home on July 12, 2004. The autistic girl's mother, Xuan Peng, 35, is charged with second-degree murder.

What triggered Hung's tears yesterday was a question from prosecutor Kim Motyl, who asked the police officer why it was some moments before she ordered Scarlett's father, David Chen, out of the bathroom where his daughter died.

Police ID Man Accused Of Crimes Against Children

NORTH HILLS, Calif. -- Police Monday identified the 24-year-old Sylmar man arrested in connection with the attempted kidnapping of a 4-year-old girl in North Hills and the inappropriate touching of a 17-year-old girl the same day.